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I will seek to deepen and strengthen our strategic alliance with the European Union, which is so important for our prosperity and security and at the same time nurture our strong, enduring and essential alliance with the United States.
This launch shows the depth of industrial capability we have here in Britain to help deliver our ambition to become Europe’s first sixth generation air force.
We’re investing £300m in our StormFighter programme to develop an autonomous combat aircraft here in the UK.
The unveiling of Brontanax, the UK’s first uncrewed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft, is a testament to the extraordinary talent and innovation across our sovereign defence industry.
This is a groundbreaking moment for UK defence, not just for air power, but for reindustrialisation.
We will adopt this as our operational concept demonstrator, and we’re going to get it in the air in 2027.
In six and a half years, I took our party from a historic defeat in 2019, changed it so it was fit to face the country and won a landslide general election victory in 2024.
But what we’ve got to make sure is we take decisions that can stand up to scrutiny in the courts, and that’s what the UK Government’s got to do.
That way the energy wealth of Scotland can be used for the benefit of the people of Scotland.
I’ve got a mandate to take forward and that mandate from the people of Scotland resulted in the largest number of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament who support independence and a referendum on that question.
I’m hungry for the fight ahead and I want to play my full part in making sure this country never ends up in the hands of Nigel Farage and Reform.
Only weeks ago, Anas Sarwar stood before the people of Glasgow asking for their trust and insisting that his future was here in Scotland. Today, those same voters will rightly feel betrayed.
I don’t know about you but I’m pretty fed up of this opportunistic kind of politics.
On behalf of everyone in Scotland, I wish you all the very best as you compete at the highest level. Whether or not you win gold, silver or bronze – I know that you will make us all proud and inspire the future generation of sporting…
Sport should be accessible to all, and we want to ensure the legacy of the major sporting events taking place this summer to stretch far beyond the next few months.
The world will be watching, and this is a huge opportunity for us to showcase what Scotland has to offer – our passion, our warmth, our enthusiasm, our respect for others and our belief in the power of sport to inspire people and bring…
Serving as the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has been the honour of my life and although I am disappointed to be leaving Government now, I wish your new team every success.
I wish the new government every success. With Reform on the verge of imploding, an irrelevant Conservative Party and a tired SNP, there are big opportunities for Labour to push on.